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Debaty on your home screen

Debaty is a web app, so there is no app store involved. A few taps and it sits between your other apps, opening in its own window without an address bar.

  • Opens in one tap, with no address bar around it.
  • Notifications arrive even when Debaty is closed.
  • What you just read stays readable when your connection drops.

Another system

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    Open Debaty in Chrome, Edge, Brave or Vivaldi and look for Install or Add to Home screen in the menu

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    If you cannot find that option, Debaty works fine in your browser. You only miss the separate window and the notifications.

On Linux and ChromeOS the option is usually called Install app.

Your browser is not offering the install button right now. That can mean Debaty is already installed, or that this browser does it differently. The steps above work either way.

Other systems

iPhone and iPad
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    Open Debaty in Safari and tap Share at the bottom

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    Scroll down that menu and choose Add to Home Screen.

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    Tap Add in the top right.

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    From now on, open Debaty from your home screen. There it behaves like an app.

This only works in Safari, and on iPhone and iPad notifications only work from the installed app. So install first, then turn notifications on.

Android
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    Open Debaty in Chrome and tap the menu in the top right

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    Choose Install app, or Add to Home screen if that is what it says.

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    Confirm with Install. Debaty now sits with your other apps.

Is the install button showing at the top of this page? Then you can skip this: it does the same thing in one tap.

Mac
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    In Safari: choose File and then Add to Dock in the menu bar

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    In Chrome or Edge: click the install icon in the address bar, or open the menu and choose Install.

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    Debaty now sits in your Dock and opens in its own window.

Firefox cannot install web apps. There Debaty stays an ordinary tab, with everything except the separate window.

Windows
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    Open Debaty in Edge or Chrome and click the install icon on the right of the address bar

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    No icon there? Open the browser menu, choose Apps and then Install this site as an app.

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    Confirm with Install. Debaty now sits in your start menu and can go on your taskbar.

Firefox cannot install web apps. There Debaty stays an ordinary tab, with everything except the separate window.